Heathrow strikes for 5th August AND 6th August SUSPENDED

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• DaveWinch says:

  4 Aug4 August 19:29

  What utter scumbags – leaving uncertainty until the very last minute for people travelling tomorrow (not to mention the cancellations) and now leaving travellers on Tuesday in the same boat.

  • marcw says:

    4 Aug4 August 19:33

    Of course,,, they waited until LHR main customer cancelled flights…

  • Able Archer says:

    4 Aug4 August 19:35

    Of course the real scumbags are the Heathrow owners for not paying decent wages to the workers who keep the whole place ticking over day after day.

    If you can’t run a big organisation like Heathrow and pay people properly then you shouldn’t be in business.

    • The Original David says:

      4 Aug4 August 19:47

      Or the passengers who would otherwise buy tickets out of Luton than pay more at Heathrow, or the government for not mandating a high-enough minimum wage, or the electorate for not voting for communism etc etc – where do you draw the line?

      • Cheshire says:

        5 Aug5 August 09:17

        Communism?!
        Idiot.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    4 Aug4 August 21:29

    Not all cancellations are bad for people. Sometimes you end up with a better flight time or terminal etc. Sure the flights will be back on the timetable tomorrow.

  • Paul says:

    5 Aug5 August 02:40

    I don’t find workers who are standing up for their rights scumbags. Obviously they haven’t been afforded the wealth that you’ve been born with!

    I think you should be more careful with your choice of phrases. There’s clearly a negotiation going on here and any intelligent person would know you need something to bargain with.

    • Genghis says:

      5 Aug5 August 07:50

      The strike is over pay. Is it a worker’s right to be paid more?

      • Evan says:

        5 Aug5 August 10:02

        Why shouldn’t they have the right to ask for more? I bet you’d like the possibility to ask for more if you felt you weren’t being treated fairly?

        • Genghis says:

          5 Aug5 August 11:39

          Yeah – fair point. Trouble is, these guys have little bargaining power outside the collective. If I think I’m underpaid, I simply move elsewhere.

  • Paul says:

    5 Aug5 August 07:39

    There are 2 sides to this dispute…..

• Shoestring says:

  4 Aug4 August 20:03

  BBC says that cancelled flights already announced will be reinstated

  not surprising as most/ some of them were going to fly empty anyway to avoid aircraft out of position

  holidaymakers: you shall go to the ball 🙂

  • Chrisasaurus says:

    4 Aug4 August 21:44

    Unless those holidaymakers cancelled their hotels today, being the last day most flex bookings can be cancelled…

• Roberto says:

  4 Aug4 August 20:18

  Good news…..
  Wishing every one the very best tomorrow..

  • BJ says:

    4 Aug4 August 20:39

    Yes, passengers and staff both. Let’s hope the matter gets well on the way to being resolved tomorrow. At the end of the day the airport is going to make a profit (all but guaranteed from their favoured status) so why on earth not share a bit more with their staff and keep things running safely and smoothly for their passengers.

• BJ says:

  4 Aug4 August 20:52

  If the LHR situation was stressing you out then spare a thought for HKG passengers, half of all flights cancelled tomorrow due to runway closure (ht LoyaltyLobby).

  • marcw says:

    4 Aug4 August 22:34

    That’s actually a proper strike….

• Alex M says:

  5 Aug5 August 07:58

  Data point: It took about 6 minutes to go through security in T5 15 minutes ago..

  • Lyn says:

    5 Aug5 August 08:18

    Thank you. Was Fast Track open?

    One or two more data points during the day could be useful if anyone else feels like adding them.

    • Alex M says:

      5 Aug5 August 09:23

      Fast track was open, everything was working like it was a normal monday morning.

      • Lyn says:

        5 Aug5 August 09:54

        Thank you Alex M. That’s very helpful for planning my own journey to T5 and probably for other people too..

  • BJ says:

    5 Aug5 August 10:01

    Don’t recall ever getting through security at EDI in 6m on a normal day so maybe we need a strike too.

    • Lyn says:

      5 Aug5 August 16:16

      An afternoon data point for T5. Seems quieter than usual. Only 2 minutes through South Fast Track security, which is a first.

      The security people were polite and friendly but obviously anxious themselves to hear news of the negotiations..

    • Lady London says:

      5 Aug5 August 16:39

      Be careful what you wish for, BJ !

• Chuck says:

  5 Aug5 August 09:32

  BA must think Tuesday will be called off too. I have checked in online for my flight to KEF no baggage restrictions or indication of slow security lines etc

  • Kipto says:

    5 Aug5 August 11:37

    +1 likewise

    • Kipto says:

      5 Aug5 August 11:38

      Can BA passengers tomorrow still check their suitcases in from 6pm tonight ?

      • Chuck says:

        5 Aug5 August 11:51

        I didn’t but the option to click on that service appeared as I was checking in ….

• Richard Shakeshaft says:

  5 Aug5 August 13:47

  …and, sitting in the Cathay lounge, I’ve just watched the BA A350 take off, followed by the classic 1980s livery 747.

• Peter says:

  5 Aug5 August 16:32

  I am trying to change my T5 flight tomorrow in line with BA’s website advice.

  “If you are booked to travel on a British Airways operated shorthaul flight from London Heathrow on 6 August, you can rebook onto an alternative British Airways operated flight in the same cabin.
  You can rebook to travel from: London Heathrow (LHR) on any available dates between 5 and 12 August 2019, excluding 6 August. London Gatwick (LGW) or London City (LCY) on any available dates between 5 and 12 August 2019.”

  The BA call centre are interpreting the advice on the website as meaning you CANNOT change your LHR flight tomorrow to one out of City or Gatwick tomorrow. Am I missing something?

  • Lady London says:

    5 Aug5 August 16:43

    Someone posted yesterday that they encountered initial refusal moving lhr to lcy dame but after quoting the website it was done.

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